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Senator Kennedy Ignores Economic Reality of Minimum Wage Increases,: A Federal Minimum Wage Hike Will Hurt Not Help the Poor
October 2005 · ·
Washington – While introducing his amendment to increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour, Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) chose to ignore the economic reality of mandated wage increases. Senator Kennedy claims that his minimum wage increase is meant to help hurricane Katrina victims, many of whom are poor minorities. He does not mention that only 8 percent of the beneficiaries from his wage increase will… -
Labor Day 2005: Five Reasons Not To Increase the Minimum Wage: Array
September 2005 · ·
Washington – As Labor Day approaches, the traditional pleas for a minimum wage hike come from those who do not understand or choose to ignore the negative economic consequences of raising the wage floor. As lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in many state legislatures consider increasing the minimum wage, the following are five very important reasons not to do so. Minimum wage hikes actually harm those they… -
Labor Day 2005: Five Reasons Not To Increase the Minimum Wage: NULL
September 2005 · ·
Washington – As Labor Day approaches, the traditional pleas for a minimum wage hike come from those who do not understand or choose to ignore the negative economic consequences of raising the wage floor. As lawmakers on Capitol Hill and in many state legislatures consider increasing the minimum wage, the following are five very important reasons not to do so. Minimum wage hikes actually harm those they… -
John Edwards Should Separate Self From ACORN’s Baggage On Columbus Minimum Wage Tour: Voter Fraud, Union Busting, Embezzlement and Federal Grant Violations Are Just The Tip of The Iceberg of ACORN’s Long, Sordid History
July 2005 · ·
Columbus, OH – The activist group to which former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards has attached his minimum wage crusade once sued the state of California to exempt itself from paying its own employees the minimum wage. This stunning hypocrisy is just the beginning of a lengthy history of duplicity, fraud and illegalities committed by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)—all of which were detailed in… -
John Edwards Should Separate Self From ACORN’s Baggage On Columbus Minimum Wage Tour: Voter Fraud, Union Busting, Embezzlement and Federal Grant Violations Are Just The Tip of The Iceberg of ACORN’s Long, Sordid History
July 2005 · ·
Columbus, OH – The activist group to which former vice-presidential candidate John Edwards has attached his minimum wage crusade once sued the state of California to exempt itself from paying its own employees the minimum wage. This stunning hypocrisy is just the beginning of a lengthy history of duplicity, fraud and illegalities committed by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)—all of which were detailed in… -
Proposed Minimum Wage Hike Would Harm Albuquerque’s Least-Skilled Employees: Array
May 2005 · ·
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – When Albuquerque’s city council meets to discuss increasing the minimum wage to $7.15 they should strongly consider the negative impact such action would have on the city’s most at need. A national survey of the American Economic Association found that 77 percent of economists believe raising the minimum wage destroys employment opportunities. This is particularly true for the least skilled. Decades of academic research…